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Map of the United States with North Carolina highlighted. North Carolina is a state located in the Southern United States.According to the 2020 United States census, North Carolina is the 9th-most populous state with 10,439,388 inhabitants, but the 28th-largest by land area spanning 53,819 square miles (139,390 km 2) of land.
North Carolina's port city of Wilmington, was the last Confederate port to fall to the Union, in February 1865, after the Union won the nearby Second Battle of Fort Fisher, its major defense downriver. The first Confederate soldier to be killed in the Civil War was Private Henry Wyatt from North Carolina, in the Battle of Big Bethel in June 1861.
Partitioned into Greene County, Lenoir County, and Wayne County. Tryon County. 1768 [ 14] 1779 [ 14] Partitioned into Lincoln County and Rutherford County. For several months in 1784, Cumberland County was known as Fayette County and sent representatives to the North Carolina General Assembly of April 1784 under this name.
The main article for this category is List of municipalities in North Carolina; Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cities in North Carolina; See also North Carolina and categories North Carolina counties, Townships in North Carolina, Towns in North Carolina, Villages in North Carolina, Census-designated places in North Carolina, Unincorporated communities in North Carolina
Website. www .burlingtonnc .gov. Burlington is a city in Alamance and Guilford counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the principal city of the Burlington, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Alamance County, in which most of the city is located, and is a part of the Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point ...
List of metropolitan areas of North Carolina. Charlotte, largest city and metropolitan area. Raleigh, second largest metropolitan area. Greensboro, third largest metropolitan area. Winston-Salem, fourth largest metropolitan area. Rank. Metropolitan Statistical Area. 2020 Population [ 1]
Asheville ( / ˈæʃvɪl / ASH-vil) is a city in and the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. [ 7 ] Located at the confluence of the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers, it is the most populous city in Western North Carolina, and the state's 11th-most-populous city. According to the 2020 census, the city's population was ...
2404784 [ 3 ] Website. jacksonvillenc .gov. Jacksonville is a city in Onslow County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 72,723, which makes Jacksonville the 14th-most populous city in North Carolina. [ 7 ] Jacksonville is the county seat and most populous community of Onslow County, which is coterminous ...